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The Daffodils

The past couple years, this view has been interrupted or obliterated by snow. This year, spring might seem to be arriving more gradually but it might be because – so far – there’s not been a wintery reprise. Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 5

Stayed home and rummaged for something I’ve been looking for (yet unfound) and then admired the daffodils which really started their show today. Tried not to rummage or ruminate about the current news too much. #napowrimo #poetry #haiku #daffodils #watercolor #garden #news Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 4

#NaPoWriMo #haiku #poetry #garden #daffodils #poetry #news #food #watercolor #landscape #dothework #process

Sat in the front yard
watching the daffodils blooming
rather than the news Continue reading

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Day 29 NaPoWriMo 2022

The penultimate day of NaPoWriMo has arrived. It’s time. We’ve all got things to do. But it’s still a little sad to see NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo wind down for another year. We might be nervous on March thirty-first but April always finds … Continue reading

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Day 26 NaPoWriMo 2022

Hey now, I did try to sort out some small brown birds at the feeder, some stripey and some not. I did my Welsh lesson. I started to clean out a palette. I listened to Billy Collins. You know, I … Continue reading

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